The Sun. — London, England, 1826-11-01 00:00:00

V I % I t` ~~-~ ~.-~G , • ' ,~'.. ~..._:.. • . VICTVALINCi orreE, OCTOI4 ta, mitt. r .i. . • rIPHE Commissi o n ers f or Victualling His Majesty's Navy, do hereby give notice, that on FRIDAY, the 10th November next, they.will, be ready to receive tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the Supply, (on separate' Contracts,)" of all such quantities of - Sea Provisions, including 'RUM, as may be demanded for the use of His Majesty's Ships' - and Vessels, at Greenock, Liverpool, and Leith, Leith Roads, and the Firth of Edinburgh, *on the Ist of " January to the 31st of December, 1827, inclusive: and also for the supply, during the same period (on separate Contracts) of all such quantities of Fresh Beef as may be demanded for the use of his Majesty'S ships and vessels at the undermentioned places, viz. • Chatham Liverpool" . Cerk and Kinsale Londonderry and Loughswelly Downs Milford Haven Falmouth , Newcastle and Timnouth Haven Galway Newhaven Greenock , Plymouth Guernsey and Jersey St, Mary's, Scilly Kingstown and Dublin Sunderland, and ' . Leith, Leith Road., and the Sheerness Firth of Edinburgh The conditions of the Contracts may be •eea at this Office, or by applying, for those of the Sea Pio - vision Contract, to the Col rectors of the Customs at Greenock, Liverpool, or Leith, and for those of the Fresh Beef, to the Agents for the Victualling, at Ply mouth, and Cork; to the Storekeepers at Sheerness and Deal, or to the Collectors of Customs at each of the other places respec tively. Each Temler, which must. specify the price h words at length, • : ,.. ae . 4.1 0 delivered before one o clock on the day appointed, must Ils? be accompanied by a letter, signed by 2 responsible persons; ingiguig' t to become bound with the party tendering for the Fresh Beef contracts, 1 -- at Plymouth, Chatham, and Sheerness, in the penal sum of 1,500/. each; and for the Fresh Beef, or Sea Provisions, at each of the other places, iu the penal sum of 5001. each, for the due perform ance of the respective contracts. It is likewise required that the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, should attend here at the time ap pointed as aforesaid ) to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. NAVY-OFFICE, Ocr. 28, 1826. THE Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, having appointed Money for the PAYMENT of HALF-PAY to SEA-OFFICERS, from the let of July, to'the 90th Sept., 1826, according to His Majesty's • Establishment in that behalf; these are to give Notice that the ••• several Payments will begin to be made at the Pap-Office, by the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning on the following Days, viz. : On the 6th, 7th, and Bth, of November, to Admirals, Captains, and.their Attornies. On the 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, and 15th of November, to Lieu tenants and Chaplains, and their Attornies. On the .16th and 17th of November, to Masters, Surgeens, , „and Pullers, and their Attornies. After which the Lists will be recalled the first and third Wed ,-koday in every Month, that all Persons may then, and there, a ttend to receive, what may become payable to them ; and bring • with them an Affidavit, as required by Order in Council of 30th JulYl 1819, the Forms of which were published in an Advertine ?near from this Office,' dated 16th September, 1819,. and may be Procured at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy; and in case any of the said Officers should not be able to attend themselves, but tuiploy Attornies for that purpose, the said 'Attorney are .to Produce similar Affidavits from the persons they are employed by. Where Officers are abroad on leave, their Agents are to pro: dui* attested copies of such leave, before the Half-pay can be paid. And, as by Act of Parliament passed in the 36th year of His late Majesty's Reign,' intituled, ".An Act for establishing a more easy and expeditious method for the Payment of Officers belong ing to His Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by the 20th Clause of the said Act, " that if any Commissioned or Warrant Naval Of ' Ater, who Shall be entitled to receive Half-pay, and shall be de siroue to receive and be paid the same, at or near the place of his residence, he may apply to the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy in London, to have such Half-pay paid at or near the- Idtree -- of I b 7 llloo e-e. &c. in the manner pointed out by the said Act." And I , further Act, passed in the 56th year of his late Majesty's reig,,, intitukil, " An Act for enabling the Officers in His Majes t)l,l‘4q, and their representatives to draw for and receive their --a " - PaY," it i s enacte d, b y t h e I s t an d 3d Cl auses o f th e sa id Act, " that if any Officer in His Majesty's Navy, who shall be entitled to receive any sum of money for or on account of his ,R a lf k "PAY, shall b e d es i rous o f d raw i n g a Bill of Exchange for '" e "me, upon the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, instead of receiving the same by Remittance Bill, he shall signify such' da aire, by. Letter to the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy ; and that if any officer in His Majesty's Navy who shall be entitled receive any win of money for or on account of Half-pay, shall } ;.delirous of' having his Half-pay paid to him by extract, at any H a l Maje s t y ' s D ock Yards, where Cl er ks- for the payment of ~ ps for the N avy shall reside, instead of receiving the saute b y riemittan ce Hill or Bill of Exchange, he is , to apply either . to L il a Proper Cl er k at t h e N avy P ay Offi ce i n London, or at the ' t paY Office at su c h D oc k Y ar d, s ig n ifying such his desire." No , *ee is hereby further given, that the -Half-pay ending the BOth u l f ,„l Be t tal uber) will . conunence . paying on the 6th of , November, a Persons desirous of drawing for, or of having their Half. Pay remitted to theM, may apply as above directed. •drawn under or by virtue of the A ct . of Exchange above recited, are not liable to the Stamp Duty. IS , P ° Persona residin g out o f Hi s M a j es ty's Dominion + are enti " to the privileges of this Act. EDINBURGH AND LONDON STEAM PACKETS. JAMES WATT starts from BLACK WALL LONDON, for NEWHAVEN, EDINBURGH, I t SATURDAY EVENING, the 4th November, for the last unit this Season. Z 4 Goos t ., for all parts of Scotl an d rece i ve d h ere un til Four o'clock A turdey afternoon, a nd f orwar d e d w i t h t h e grea t es t rage "''h" sad dispatch. n ew l " fo rraalion respecting the Packets to be obtained at the Ge ,l/4. thi4 jacket Office, 358, Strand, but places can only be secured co. rlon and Edinburgh Steam Packet Offi A ce . , MITCHELL. 35, Leadenhall-street. HE late FIRM of Messrs. CHASE, 'ce is : 17 NElillt, ItI 4 DONVALL and Co. of MADRAS.--N t CH ot 1N "1144,04- Motl. Meeting of the CREDITORS of the late Firm MlN". the me ' el ' ini t 3 WDowall and Co., of Madras, win be held at unng 4: 'of m ess y & FIATCHER, ALEX- AilDtß, and gentif ' tile Co., - Trustees, No. 10, King's A Yard, Coleman -street, Londo, On Wanlas Da Y, vember ensuing, at Twelve, f o r One e`eeek precisely, to receive a the lbth of No- Report of the Proceedinge of the Trustees wince the last Meeting, and of the Seal Award of the Carnatie Commissioners on the claims of the late Firm on the late Naholni of the Carnatic ; anti also to consider of the necessary arrangements for making a Divi-! dend of the Property cormequently in be realised, among the ere tiitors of tkat House. London, 31st October, 1826. CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTIN6 • WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES ' md SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, ST ' RAND. • • ° Seers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gentlemen Otteeeding to South America, or any other part of th e G lobe, will find [a this Establishment • the whole of their Military Ap. itittnentst, Swords, Gismos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. toge tiev with a large and welt.manufactured stork of Sea Cots, Conches, ! Vl:leading ; • Cabin Wash.hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Cheat% Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other descrip 9en of Travelling Equipage. ....AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the „"tveteary requisites fiw India, and other tropical climates ; like nu a treat variety of Silver and Pl a t e d Art i cles, Kn i ves and ti ti, imitabl e f ur f am ili es going abroad ; Mili tary and Hindus ' "ell Books, Maps, &c. 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WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 182(1 The glorious first of May was never hailed with more rapture by the chimney-sweeps, tricked off i n their gorgeous habilim en t s o f sable. and gold, and blending all the hues of the inorn4in their party coleured garments, than th e interestmg first of the month is welcomed by the lovers of literature, when ell the Magazines issue forth in their Mantle; of varie gated colours, representing all the huis of the rainbow on their learned wings, and difiliOuvources of amuse.' meet and instruction to all parts ofthe empire. No thing 'more clearly proves the progress of knowledge, or on be more illustrative of the - march of intellect; -than'the great body . of insiruetion 'contained in oui. periiidicid literature ; and the extensive circulation of these ,entertaining 'works .is' the 'best eulogium on ' their Men of the first talent and genius 'now contribute to enrich the pages of many of the monthly as well as quarterly publications, and the' increasing improvement of the public mind is the most unequivocal testimony of the beneficial result of their labours. Monthly ' publications are peculiarly adapted for popular approbation, from the constant excitement which they keep up—being attractive with out expence, and amusing without labour- , -they make a striking impression without overburdening the mind, and are remembered with lively satisfaction. THE NEW MONTHLY. The present Number is enriched with many good articles, and continuations of former favourite s . Th e Parisian article is a curious exhibition of affairs on the other side of the water ; and the article on Euripides, by Mr. Campbell, is worthy of the tragic Bard of Greece, and his a d m i r i n g commentator. We g i ve t h e critic's peroration, as doing justice to the subject On the whole, Euripides brought an accession of impassioned interest and' fanciful novelty to dramatic art. He was the first who made love the subject of tragedy, and he delineated madness with fresh and masterly originality. The fearful gaiety of Cas sandra' in the Troades, bursting in on the other tragi c su ff erer . , is like lightning aggravating a midnight shipwreck. There is not an affegtiou of our nature, from - its fondest to its fiercest moo d, whichltis language has not traced with the shape of truth and the colouring of sensibility. Either from his defective management, or from there being something in the Greek theatre uncongenial with the change which lie introduced of making paesion, more than destiny, the main-spring of tragic action, he certainly left his satire drama in its kind less perfect than he found it. But he Waged -the resources of dramatic poetry, and it must be consi dered as importantly his debtor. THE TOR HILL.* This novel is, as we anticipated, superior to Brambletys House; not in the absence of positive faults, but in the exhibition of higher beauties. Both works have imperfections, which are ma. nifset on the most cursory perusal ; but both are redeemed by felicitous traits of character, gleams of feeling and humour, and abundant brilliancy of description. In the work before us, as in its predecessor, there are occasional failures, arising from a desire to produce violent effects ; but the interest is more condensed and sustained; the incidents are thrown into greater masses; and there is a unity of design and general consistency of execution, which, in the earlier romance, were wanting. Brambletys House was too much a succession of scenes—always animated indeed, and al ways fascinating ; but somewhat too slenderly connected with each other ; so that, although peculiarly amusing in perusal, the work did not leave behind an impression of power nearly equal to that actually exerted. In The T4l . Hill, our author has done himself more justice; he hat reduces' the number of his figures, to render them more distinct and palpable ; and has completed a picture of more definite outline, and more solemn and decided colouring. • " The Tor Hill. By the Author of Bramblet) ti I faun,' ' Gaieties end °tuition,' &e." S vols. The following spirited verses are worthy of the " last of the Romans, in his sublime attitude, choosing the patriot's death rather than survive ths liberties of his country BRUTUS AFTER PHILIPPI. He sat beneath a rock, A little brook ran by, 'Twas after Philippi's battle-thock e The death of Liberty. He sat beneath the shade, And talk'd of Rome enslaved, The struggle he for her weal had made, The peril he had braved. His friends were offered up, His hope had puled away, And his Country deep had drunk the cup Of lawless wrath that day. He look'd upon the sky, The stars were shining bright 0 thou great Jove, in thy majesty, Avenge the Roman right— " 0 spare my Country, spare !"-- He Hid, and sorely sigh'd, As he counted the names, to his followers there, Of friends whe that day died. His foes were drawing nigh, The victors' shout was beard, Ifs arose with a consul's dignity, And drew a freeman's sword. " We'll fly, my friends, with speed, But not with feet we'll fly— We'll fly, my friends, in this hour of need, With our hands from slavery. " Though Fortune bath betray'd, . Rome, Rome, it is for thee I grieve she gave not her fickle aid, And not fur mine or me. " I mourn no friendships reft, As there our victors may ; No Roman blood on my name is left For the ours. of posterity. " I fail in Freedom's cause, And, like a quenchless star, My name shall shine with a world's applause In ages yet afar. • " The conqueror's laurel crown Proffers no gift but pain, When branded with virtue's withering frown, With parricidal stain. " Vanquisli'd, I keep that peace Tyrants could never shake ;-- . 0- Rome! Rome! Rome! for thy freeborn race I've play`d my utmost stake ! " Red it been more, 'isvere thine— A 7, bad it reach'd to Heaven, Penndlees as the .uu's un measured thine , 7 14 'llitn had all been given! "I /IT, but not g o withfeet— W here w 'h frie 2,e_ men are free, chlontihee. dau u tis 7 ,l : o l l :o b a e v t e y t . his day died shall meet, From the bide me then He said ; and h nam e tight of slave !"-- To a gr eat rush'de from the chains of men and °dolls grave ! BLACKWOOD'S. Blackwood's Magazi n , ° ens with a splendid ar ticle, en titl e d " A Gl ance ate Selby's Ornithology, , and written judging at l east from internal evidence . . That: versatile genius, Professor Wilson. We extract from it the follOWing admirable account of the Raven :-- The Raven dislikes all animal food that has not a deathy smack. It cannot be thought that he has any, reverence or awe of the mystery of life. Neither is he a- toward ; at least not such a long co a h coward asis victimtofear can stand,thedyin dying kick of a. lamb or a sheep. Yet so - raven keeps aloof--‘h opp i n g in or sit, acirc o le r n a an str o o w n i g an str 4 ug n g ar le ro ,t s as the rick nostrils keep dilating in convulsions, and its eyes grow dimmer and more dun. When the prey is in the last agonies, croaking, he leaps upon tha breathing carcass), and whets his bill upon his own bine-ringed - 4er steadied by claws in the fleece, yet not so fiercely inserted as to get entangled and fast. With his large level crowned heatibobbing up and down, and turn ed a little first to one wide and then to another, all the Nvhile a self congratulatory leer in his eve, he unfolds his wings, and then folds 'them again, twenty or thirty times, it if dubious bow to begin to gratify his lust of blood ; end frequietly when just on the brink of consumutatinn, jumps off a id e , hul k . or throat, and goes dallying about, ,round and rotrotottsd4dl:lo,i small safe distance, scenting, almost snorting, the smell of the blood running cold, colder, and more cold. At last .the poor wretch is still ; and then, with out waiting till it is stiff, he goes to work earnestly and pas sionately, and taught by horrid instinct, how to.reach the entrails, revels in obscene gluttony, and preserves it may be .eye lip, palate, and brain, for the last course of his meal, gorged to the throat, incapacitated to return thanks, and with , dilliculty able either to croak or to fly ! The Raven, it is thought, is in the habit of living upwards of a hundred years, perhaps a eouple of centuries. Children grow into girls, girls into maidens, maidens into wives, wives into •WidoWs, widows into old decrepit crones, and crone* into dust ; and the Raven, w h o trona at the he a d o f the glen, is aware of all the births, baptisms, marriages, death-bed', and funerals: Cer tain it is, at least, that he is aware of the death-beds and the funerals. Often does he flap his wings against door and window of but, when the wretch within is in extremity, or, sitting on the heather-roof, croaks horror into the dying dream. As the fune ral winds its way towards the mountain cemetery, he hovers aloft in the air—or swooping down nearer to the bier, precedes the corpse like a sable sanley. While the party of friends are carous ing in the house of death, he too, scorning funeral baked meats, croaks hoarse hymns and dismal dirges as he is devouring the pet lamb of the little grandchild of the deceased. The shepherds say that the Raven is sometimes heard to laugh. Why not, as well as the hyena? Then it is, that he is most diabolical, for he knows that his laughter is prophetic of human death. • The a Political. History of India" is a comprehen sive, well-digested paper; and tie are glad to find that the talented Author of the "Opium Eater's Confes sions," has enlisted himself among Blackwood's con tributors in the shape of an article-0 Leasing's Lao ! . Coon." The " Nactes Ainbrosiine" arc duller this month'than ustkalwe miss the inaster-hipd Ow 'con.; ceived therm On `the wholediowever, the Magazine is a good ono. • " Table Talk," among a variety of pleasant anecdotes, is it dory put forward, as from the General Biographical Dictionary, a b ou t Ki ng J ames anti the two whops, which is as old as the hills (older, indeed, than some, viz. the hill in Buckingham-gardens), and is to be met with, as every one but the editor must know, in no less notorious a book than Johnson's Lives of the Poets ; article, the Life of Waller. We shall expect after this to see " Thirty days bath September" inserted as a novelty in " Table Talk." , From the " Butleriana" we extract the two following characteristic sksehec— A DRUNKARD Was conceived, like Orion, in a beast's' hide and HS is an animal amphibium, that lives in two elements; but most naturally in the moist ; for, like a beaver's tail he would gangrene, .if he were kept dry. He has sprung a lake, and sucks in faster than nature can pump out, till at length he founders and sinks. His . soul dwells in a fain; stifled .with perpetual fog and Scotch mist. His drink and tobacco render' him more like a sumaky house and a rainy ay titan Solonton's.scold. He sucks in his liquor like a sponge, which the learned say' is a kind of live plant, and such he becomes when he has taken his doze. He is a coronation cutHluit, au ale-commanding engine, au overtaker. He is like au Irish bog, if you do not run quickly and lightly over him, you will be apt to sink in him, and find it harder to get, than keep out of him. H. takes his drink as a medicine to procure another man's health, 'as catholic penitents whip themselies for other men's sins. A beer glass is his divining cup, with which he swallows good or bad fortune, as the country fellow did a . potion to and his asses ; and happiness and prosperity, or confusion and destruction, ensue according.as the spirit of the drink disposes him. He conjures his reason to go out of him, as the Grab do their souls when they drink wine, and this he does so oft, that at length it cannot find the way in again, and then he turns sot, and is drunk for the term of life. He is never valiant but in his drink, as a madman, that has lost his wits, has double his strength. He is not given to drink, but thrown away and lost upon it. %lien Noah had escaped the waters he presently found out wine, which drowned sad destroyed as many sinners since, as the waters did before. A MASTER OF ARTS Is commonly an ill master, and as ill served. The Arta are his menial servants and follower., but he keeps them so short, that they are forced to cheat and outwit him ; for, as Tacitus says of Nero, he has infra servos in,ycnium. Ile is as proud us a Pha. risee of the title of- Master, and his learning is like the other's righteousness, that consists in straining, of gnats and swallowing of camels. He wears the greatest part of his learning on his back ' (as a needy gallant does of his estate) ; for his gown is the better part of his knowledge, and all he has to show for his degree. It is the livery of his learning, and a loose garment that fits all sizes equally. He has been a 'prenticeship in breaking his natural yeaar son, and putting it out of its pace into an artificial shuttle, that makes no progressive advance at all. He malts down all his learn.. ing into abstruse notions, that destroy the use and lessen the Talus of it, and by too much tetlning, losses much of its weight; for , tot liner any petal Is,. the more unuseful it becomes, and is only capable of s glister olloy. His understanding is weak and con.. sumptiva (like those, that have the dog-hunger), with oppressing his capacity with snore than it is able to digest. ACKERMAN'S REPOSITORY. " The Repository of Arts, Literature, and . Fashion," is worthy of Ackermann ; and the selection of such *a view as Oaklands, Devon, tells well in a publication expressly devoted to the Fine Arts. Of the literary portion, we can speak in terms of equal praise. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE. " La Belle Assemblee," puts forward this month its usual striking dims to notice. Perhaps, indeed, the critical part, under , the attractive title of " Contempo rary Ports, or VV,eiters of Fiction," might be un. pmed ; but as for: the rest, it is highly creditable (particularly the engravings and the fashionable por tion) to the taste of its spirited proprietors. TIIE INSPECTOR. The " Inspector," a rival, as it seems, to the " Magnet," runs its course of popularity, like a prac tised race-horse ;it is, in truth, an agreeable gossip ing miscellany, but as we some time since indulged rather exuberantly in its praise (not unjustly so), we must, here stint our remarks, except just to recom mend its Editor or Editors, Proprietor or Proprie tors, to be more careful in correcting their proof sheets. Some harmless inoffensive gentleman, in a song on the Delphin Classics, is made to quote Latin, as Falstaff says, " like an ass." Whether he be so in reality we cannot say ; but at any rate, there is no advantage derived from exhibiting him as such to the public. We hope this hint will be enough. SONG. The sun is up _though feebly still He throws his yellow beam ; The gray mist shrouds the distant hill, And floats along the stream. Ths fluttering lark hangs on the air, And pours hie matin lay ; While Mirth and rosy Health repair To meet the rising day, The forest-branches slowly ware, Where sport the eephyrs coy, And Echo, from her hollow cam Repeats the notes of joy. The light airs cool my ffvered blow, And pain and care depart; For Nature's holy radiance now Hath flashed upon iny heart ! 0. L. R. THE MAGNET. " Th. Magnet" is good--,exceeding good, and got up in creditable style. - It is, in fact, the cheapest pe• riodical of the day ; and when Mr. Alaric Watts con. tributes his own poetry, deserves to rank among the higher order of monthly publications. But the Sou venir, we are afraid, monopolizes him, to the infinite re gret of the subscribers to , t The Magnet." THE TUNEFUL SPIRIT. When Evening o'er the western hill Her robe of purple and gold hu flung ; When every sepbyr is hushed and still, And every bird hal its vesper sung— I'll seek once more the lonely'bower Where late I heard that melting strain ; And haply, at the same sweet hour, The tuneful Spirit may sing again. And if perchance, in geeing. round Among the leaver, a young face I view, Oh how my bosom with joy will bound To find that Spirit hu beauty too! And sure as ever gentle heart Had bliss in soothing a lover's pain, Ere Morning . bids us to kiss and part, I'll make her promise to sing again. MONTHLY REVIEW AND GENTLEMAN'S% Th e ~ Monthly R ev i ew an d Gentleman's Maga zine."—Those antique specimens of Peri o di ca l mtel- legit—are both equally good this month. Indeed thet cornier aficts rejuvenescence—and d resse d out i n 4 looks qui te young again. I ts r o , poticu- Milton, as a St a tesman ; a i e t lri i lt i y i i c e ils character,t y linl s es tt , i t ob o : f th uebl)n however, are manly bye, enoughu o e , in which we should as won ( 44 •xpdet ire 4 a poet figuring, as to so* the vesititr at shilling chop-house dancing a pas des dears with Om Bishop of L on d on . Th e criticism of Mist Mitford's Village," deserves also commendation : it is donor throughout in a pleasant good-humoured vein, and merits, as well as the , 6 Review itself," especial notice. SPORTING. As the pleasures of racing are now drawing to a close, the " Sporting Magazine" provides a more sub. stantial recreation for the ensuing month, where the lover of field sports may have a compound pleasure in first hunting—then killing. —and lastly eating his game. Clad all about with mists, and duetted o'er With densest fogs, and vapours of the air, Lo, dull November, like a thing of care, Comes darkly on the world. The trees, before . . So gaily coloured, are all stripped and bars, And the last ling'ring intf—it will not nutter most. Yet all's not dreary, there are sunny home E'en though this cowrier of the winter comas What itei but joy to sportsmen when there lours Cloud, in the sky, and sulky Boreaa hum, A fitting symphony with southern showers? Oh then full well the dauntless hunter knows Dear is the Month to him, delight the gale it blasts. November may be regarded as the roost busy sporting asonth of any dining the year; and, because it is so, we shall be shorter than usual in our observations here, as our number will sufficiently supply the omission, 13y - details of the actual occurrences, to whlck it has been parent in our after pages. Let it suffice to say, that every species of game may now be lawfully pursued, apd, this stat ed, we go on to observe that grouse, at this period, will not gene rally lie well; or, iu other words, they will be difficult of approach, -exeeperindeed, in places where they have heal hut little disturb ed.. Speaking comparatively, we: shoula say that this epeeists of game is the most wary to be dealt with of any, requiring the ut most patience and tact of the aporimusti. Woodcocks will, in all probability, be plentiful during the month, As they made their appearance much earlier than they have gene rally been accustomed to do. A relation of the wetter averred one of these "long-billed wanderers" on the second of September, in the township of Aintree, a few miles from Liverpool; and se veral others were subsequently seen in the elute neighbourhood, es well as in other parts of the kingdom. Pheasants, like partridges, hare been COUild very plentiful, gad in general, well grown ; though some small birds hats fallen tinder the observation of the writer, arising ao doubt from the parent birds being disturbed in their original nestling... 4 Oirell%litaCe common also to the partridge. Coursing commenced at an early period, and will.now be gins ral throughout Great Britain, as well as in the Sister Kingdom also ; though coursing in that country is not so common, nor yet so cultivated and improved as in England. The Irish sportsmen would appear more partial to hunting ; thsy are, for the most part, fearless riders, and it is, perhaps, more owing to this circumstance than any other that Irish horses leap so well, and are in general such excellent hunters. • Harrier' were taken out much sooner than usual, and where there are -many young hounds in the pack, it is highly serviceable to get them out as soon as possible, early in the morning, of course, whit. the weather is warp• As the early tuition of fox hounds is distinguished by the name of cub-hunting, so the first lessons of the harriers may be designated by the appellation of leveret-hunting : yet, although the cases admit of some degree of parallel, there is a great difference between the training or enter ing of fox-hounds and harriers the former, from the manner in which they are bred, as well as from the very nature of the pur suit for which they ars intended, are more ardent, more impetuous, and more unruly, till such period as they have many time, reiter ated those early lissom, which are often impressed upon their memorise in a very forcible, if not in a very feeling manner. The feet is, that very strict discipline is indispensable to the perfection of the fox-hound ; nay, it is also requisite in the harrier ; but the education of the former is necessarily attended with infinitely more trouble and Marione exertion than that of the latter. Fox-hunting will soon become general ; the first Monday in Nat's:ober Is considered as the commencement of the hunting Noon for the Cheshire fox-hounds, (Sir Harry lUsinwaring's) ; the Quorndon (Mr. Osbaldeston's) usually commence a week or two earlier. November is, in fact, most welcome to the fox-hea ter ; although we are sometimes told that it is a month in of all others, Englishmen are inclined to wear a sallow melaneholY. and to make their wills; this, however, is not, we are quite stirs very applicable- to the sportsman. Iron) the LONDON GAZETTE, Oct. I. A ile.pistch hies bi: l n P r a ect Q th e it t. tai l i;•lndie ' the Governor. General Council at Fort William, in Bengal,' of whit* and of its enclosure )ilie following are an extract and a copy Extract front a Letter from the Governor-General in Council to the Court of Directors, dated Fort William, April It. We have the honour to submit a copy of the General Orden issued by the Government, on the occasion of the return of his Excellency the Commander-in. Chief from the Western proving to the Presidency. Copy of the General Orders referred to in the foregoing Xttract. The official despatch front his Excellency the Centmander•isto Chief, dated Bhurtpore, 19th of January, 1826,. has been already published in the General Order issued from the Political Depart ment, on the flOsh of January last. In that report thr Right Hop. Lord Combermere expressed, in appropriate terms, the applause due to the Officers and troops who have conquered under his Lordship's command ; and that authentic and honourable teati. rnony derives a value from his high authority and personal cora stance, which it could have obtained froM no other quarter. The Governor-General in Council will not, however, deny himself the gratification of seizing the opportunity now presented, ',whilet publicly offering his thank. and cougratulatious to the Commander. in-Chief on the successful close of the campaign in Upper India, of at the same time repeating, in the name of the Supreme Go vernment, the well merited encomiums, and ackuowledgraeute bestowed by his Excellency op those individuals. who specially en. titled themselves to the honour of his notice end commendation. The eminent merits and services of Majors-General Bayne!! and Nicolls, during the' whole course of the operations against Bhurtpore, the excellence of the dispositions made by them for the assault, and the firm, unditunted manner in whick flume disposi tions were carried into execution, justly form the theta of the Commander-in.Chiers applause and admiration ; and the Clover nor.(leneral in Council has already communicated to those distia goished officers, through his Excellency, the sentiments of eppro. bation and gratitude with which the Ooveresserit , stasitemphtse their bravery, skill, and judgment. The judicious arrangements and gallant exertionsof Brigadier.. General Adams, C. 8., APCombe, and Edwards, at tbs. head of their brigades ; and of Brigadier-general Sleigh, cormosanding the cavalry : as also the zeal, science, courage, and patient endorsee * of fatigue displayed by Brigadier APLeod, C. 8., Brigadier Anbury, C. 8., Captain 'lrvine, Major of brigade of engineers, with every officer and private of the artillery, sappers, miners, and pioneer specially of the most laboriouons andAa d . hol in t teitijo rtt n eces s arilyi m portant nudtdieeswvo:ltr,inn,eri eyvs;needlkatir,faoietlttlh.n.aine!:hogecretdi.fgb. y the Right lion. has als of the C ax .1 11'"664 ., of th hi : sar L .wi ,nii‘ o lh(4f r ilai d alcntjohoet C trailot i N. i .y,c l : l ;es t : b u; e trybe r reti n eljda t til e t; rlf,tfeaa.rcnn B r i g a d i ersorlci;n2i . e i Excellency Chiller, atd cordial thanks to Brigadiers Whitehead, tunity ,cavalry; and Brigadiers M etzler and Brown, of the artillery ear- Hun ovGneeoiyeerifloirtiorioniortiihenidoeldi,anscinnotairi juasi.ma,lilio:prodptfd t ecio, i sasa a lhiriv i i n iin E :l3lo B l44l,foamb t oi h ntadieettde N syldfhttne a .t.ige,o t tittsav i :m v lol4 o 44teintoiomr i ilh af aii:tee4L,D ati rate‘titTlb t ht I,.o rY luirh•eider : aß L rig i e e u hs : ta t Ilan. the his full concurrence in the vrell-motted .. 111°I " Al ablest manner, and to h a ve taken ample advantage 95 '"'"* l pronounced by the Commander-in -Chief, on the s err at es a nd good "' a d"' at the whole of the above of fi cers and de pa rt m en ts, and to offer to dont the expression of his worntas ePPrutslt4"'andA th a X rarTd,oahnisa 5 11 , 1a th je:t c y;:s in l a t n th auti llet b i y m iiv l a t I or ea F al u t a a r :e be ' lo e' ngu y pr Z d lB is t t i i i na u t t io j n an t r h y a , sing Th le e d equalled the Des a by those 'Corps, al ! " leading „ ma ll column under Lieut.- the European 1141rar t the native corps who emulated the Colonel Wilson , ming l ltis Ex v ex s l 4 lr th p e w46-rtch'h y it o e f gi t u b l u et t l i t ist iN in 4 g t i l i v ill e he i d n i fit A n a t c l e 7 s i vr c h o i n c i h ui t a h n e , y iet h i el b d y , o t: f e th C e o i- rti:srumPletra-n,il7-.ciluei i nr t te:teh r odrelle l p i sdfalTr s ellaillin en iedari t i i l4lll : gis e o' r at a tella t d e ne d dta: t P'h h . : lll:ed" f n o etnt ll ; o li w l—Mle in linj g :ll : r - se cellency ("alone! Pepper; one wing of the 41st, by Major Mutter; the 49 7 1 .d i p O ta i t i l e b ei l e y r : L a r d n t it: comp a nyi y e' l e i ; a 4 t to i t t : fa e ( l 2 :6 ih :o l , ll . Y, 6 l i h N ) y: t . i e lightl 1 t h e e tz t- a Co i I companyl t t :ae b l y o r ItiZetrs7t the iiieservices of Lieutenant-Colonel Skinner, , and the two ragi. mews of native irregular cavalry under hie command, have been • 11)4"* ) ‘ I i 441 ' . ' • t , ... , 11) , 1, . 1 / 4 1,: ' , 10 .' , •at I ; '. , , E ' .4100 1 , 9 • , ) 0" ' • ' ' Y*l.;"' 7 ; , e' -' 4. 4.., v.. 1 ic ,5 4, -41-, - "-• , -,,- , • --- 7 ,-_,- 7 0 , ' , . , c," . 1 1. ;LT.; .44, - ; , ;:,-- . 4 ~„.... • I. i. " TTT- , 4 1 • ..- - ' '•I 1 • Ilk it, , A i . it , , .,, ~,,..,,-. 0v„,,, IN . MONTHLY AND EUROPEAN. " The Monthly . and Europe an Magazine comes forth this month with tuiptsua y strong claims to .atten tion, whether on the score of amusement or instruc tion. Its paper, entitled " Full Lengths, or the Drill Sergeant,'' is humorous t quaint, and true to nature. But our readers shall judge for themselves. I would wish to convey a striking resemblance of our Drill- Sergeant on duty, when yon w4puld irsirearbf -his gait that. this glorious earth was wholly compoitt .of spring wires, eo elastic are his soles. It is a motion unparalleled either in the natural or artificial world ;itis a movement by itself—like the swoop of the eagle, the waddle of the duck, the fleetness of the greyhound, or the hop of the frog. It must, however, be owned dna on great `cessions our Sergeant can alter his deportment. He does break himself up (Com the *Mese of parade ; for sow him, when the draughts of urine bottom bath diluted 1012:111 portitid of military starch, and ha no longer holds his head like a game /oak, taking his morning's potation ; set him, then, and own that even a Sergeant may be amiable. Ie he dot the very modal of elegant ease? He is, indeed, unbent; for his limbs awing loosely se bung ramrods. Our Sergeasiteen now talk; his tongue hath overleapt the two barriers, " Attention !" and " Stand at ease!" and rambles wildly from Egypt to Waterloo. And if it should happen that the pretty bar-maid be niees to the landlady, mark how the Sergeant probes for het feelings with charged bayonets.— how he will try to smite her gentle ear with a diseharge of and lory—sw ear that he bath had twenty wounds under his coat, although very politieally adding, that they have left him not a bit the worse man. Then, if the damsel still continue untouched, taking orders with a calm air, our Sergeant hints in a whisper, audible to the dosing watchman at the door, something about a Spanish widow at Saragossa, adding very loudly, " But no-1 was always for true love ! adorning the beautiful edifice of prin ciple with a flowery oath. He then begins a sentiment, and, at a loss, dives for the conclusion to it in a pot of ale. If there happen to be four or five privates in the room, our Sergeant increases in importance from the circumstance—just as a cat becomes great front the introduction of a litter of puppies. Our Sergeant is more than ever the leading gander of the flock—the king-herring of the shoal—the blue-bottle of the swarm—the pebble of the sand—the Gof the gamut, He has 'now additional hearers of the Sale of his prowess, and, if he but give the wink, companions who saw him face the breach and spike the cannon. His rank next becomes the subject of discussion; and looking very complacently at his arm, he tells of some dreadful exploit in which he *trued his stripes. "And doubtless, Sergeant, not before you deserved them," ventures a small, quiet wight in the corner, who will have hie fling, though at the &apogee of his liquor ; for era he concludes his remark he gives the Sergeant his glass—just as a school-bay, echo twitches the trunk of an elephant, throws to the animal a ;teas-offsring of apples—whilst the privates inwardly laugh at the Joke, and get rebuked for again enjorog it on parade to-morrow morning. Just as the Sergeant's opponents are nearly all 'laugh tired, a little Italian boy bearing a tortoise adroitly g lid es i nto the room to display the testaceous wonder; or he has w ith ki m a b utt of Napoleon, at which our Sergeant bristles up, looking, ind ee d, seriously fierce at pleister of Paris. Here he utters some half audible wish that he had not received a bullot in the last charge, and then—, Now, however, our Sergeant takes an opportu nity to pour forth his learning—be mangles five words of French; the Italian shakes his head, and holds forth his hand ; the Ser geant swears at him for an impostor, ignorant of his own lan guage. In drawing late, our Sergeant calls for hie reckoning, and learning the amount, with an affected air of destitution avows he has no money ; helms not a piece of silver about Lim, unless it be that at his breast—and here he carelessly lifts up with one finger a Waterloo medal ; then he draws out a watch, once the property of a French general slain by our Sergeant, an d asks if that will agree for the amount ? At length, howev er , t h e money being shaken from a yellow silk purse, our Sergeant, after a so li tary ad monition to the privates, goes off, as be says, to v i s i t a fri en d i n t h e Ordnance. " Pierre of Stauffen," by Mr. C. Webbe (from the same 'Magazine), is s very terse and poet i c narrat i ve ; and the " Review , of Death's Doings, from the pen, we believe, of O'Dolierty, for information, vigour, and condensed style, is far superior to the general Twit of such articles. LONDON, g Of the " L on don Magazine" we cannot, as a w hole, speak in t erms o f p ra ise. Wh oever or whatever be the Editor, he is a sad dull do , thou g h per h aps h e may have the usual modicum of editorial learning. In the " Diary (for instance) of the month of October,' there are some desperate attempts at facetiousness the forbidding witticisms of some scrib e , w h o doubt less.would " turn a Persian talc for half-a-crowv," as happily as this inventory of deficiencies. The elegiac stanzas, however, , 4 On a Watchman," are exempt from such defects ; they are humorous end characteristic, with a pleasant vein of thought running through them. In the